OAKLAND, Calif.—From the very first pitch, it was pretty painful to watch the major league debut of New York Yankees reliever Greg Weissert.
Painful for Oakland hitters, too.
He plunked a batter with his first offering. Then he balked. Then he nailed a guy with his second pitch, prompting the A’s hitter to slam down his bat.
Didn’t get much better from there, either, for the new right-hander wearing No. 85.
And after a pair of one-out walks, with Weissert’s last Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby going to the backstop, it was over.
Pulled by manager Aaron Boone with the Yankees ahead 13–2 in the seventh inning,…